W. TENNIS

Results vs. Barton (2009-04-04 14:00:00)

April 4, 2009

Wilson, NC – The Pfeiffer University Falcons split a dual match with the Bulldogs of Barton College on Saturday in Conference Carolinas tennis action. The Falcon women won their match 5-4, while the men lost 4-5. Patty Dominguez (Caracas, Venezuela) and Brittany Dickens (Wake Forest, NC) won the second doubles match 8-0 for Pfeiffer’s first victory of the day. Catie Thomas (Asheboro, NC) and Amanda Huffaker (Maryville, TN) added another victory in the third doubles match (8-1). The Falcons continued to take three of the singles matches to secure their victory. Dominguez won at number one 6-2, 6-0, while Maddy Billeter (Boca Raton, FL) added a 6-2, 6-0 win at number four. Dickens tabbed another win in the final singles spot (6-3, 6-1) to bring Pfeiffer up to five wins on the day. On the men’s side, the Falcons fell just short of a victory. Philip Lawson (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Johan deWit (Windhoek, Namibia) took the first doubles match 8-5, while AJ Flores (Atlanta, GA) and Sid Kaushik (Chennai, India) finished the second match with a 9-7 win. DeWit and Flores gave Pfeiffer its only singles victories at the third and forth positions. DeWit finished his match 6-4, 6-1 and Flores won 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (5). The Pfeiffer men and women are now each 7-7 overall on the season.Pfeiffer v. Barton 04/04/09 Doubles Billeter/Carpenter v. Toth/Galasso - B 8-3 Dominguez/Dickens v. Packer/Burke - P 8-0 Thomas/Huffaker v. Newsome/Chase - P 8-1 Singles Dominguez v. Toth - P 6-2, 6-0 Thomas v. Galasso - B 6-4, 6-0 Carpenter v. Chase - B 6-2, 6-1 Billeter v. Packer - P 6-2, 6-0 Huffaker v. Burke - B 2-6, 6-2, 10-7 Dickens v. Newsome - P 6-3, 6-1